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JOE HART

6

Almost caught out when O’Halloran closed down and blocked his attempted first-half clearance. Save from Bryson and another late scare. ANTHONY RALSTON 7 Right-back was unable to make usual thrusts in a subdued opening period. More involved after the break and did his jobs defensively. CAMERON CARTER-VICKERS 9 Strong at the back against the physical challenge of Kane. The centre-half was rock solid and won a host of balls in the air. STEPHEN WELSH 7 Young defender did most of his jobs with authority before his evening was ended by a painful blow to the face from Rooney. JOSIP JURANOVIC 7 Croatian international stepped infield regularly. Hustled out of possession by Saints, but use of ball was good with neat passing.

7 Booked for a first-half tackle on Kane. Mixed it up and tidied up plenty of situations in midfield before moving to centre-back. CALLUM McGREGOR 7 Covered every inch of Hampden as he looked to take the ball and get his team onto the front foot. Superb pass got Jota clear for Turnbull’s chance. DAVID TURNBULL 6 Missed early opportunity from a Jota cutback. Found advanced spaces to operate limited by Saints’ tight midfield unit. Kept working.

NIR BITTON LIEL ABADA

5

Netbound strike superbly blocked from close range by Bryson. Struggled to get into it and was hooked for Forrest as Celtic chased a breakthrough. KYOGO FURUHASHI Striker fed off scraps in the opening period with no service to speak of. Knockdown almost finished by Carter-Vickers.

JOTA

6 8

Great pullback which Turnbull wasted and rabona showed his confidence. Outgunned Brown to race away and create winner for Forrest.

SUBS JAMES FORREST Replaced Abada and needed just four minutes to net winner. JAMES McCARTHY 2 One iffy pass but dug deep to see it through in final stages. ALBIAN AJETI Swiss striker tried to hold the ball up and kill the game. ISMAILA SORO Late introduction to shore things up in midfield.

MIKEY JOHNSTON

6 1

Nicked ball away from Clark and saw his netbound shot cleared.